PYKAT
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Andreas Freise; Philip Jones; S. J. Rowlinson; D. D. Brown; Anna C. Green; D. Töyrä; S. Leavey
- Source
- SoftwareX
Brown, D D, Jones, P, Rowlinson, S, Leavey, S, Green, A C, Töyrä, D & Freise, A 2020, ' PYKAT : Python package for modelling precision optical interferometers ', SoftwareX, vol. 12, 100613, pp. 1-6 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.softx.2020.100613
SoftwareX, 12:100613, 1-6. Elsevier
SoftwareX, Vol 12, Iss, Pp 100613-(2020)
- Subject
- Current generation
FOS: Physical sciences
Gravitational wave detector modelling
01 natural sciences
Interferometry modelling
03 medical and health sciences
Finesse
0103 physical sciences
Astronomical interferometer
Electronic engineering
010306 general physics
Computer Science::Data Structures and Algorithms
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
030304 developmental biology
computer.programming_language
lcsh:Computer software
0303 health sciences
Quantum optics
Gravitational wave
Quantum noise
Python (programming language)
Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
Optical interferometer
Computer Science Applications
lcsh:QA76.75-76.765
Computer Science::Mathematical Software
User interface
Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Physics - Computational Physics
computer
Software
Modelling software
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2352-7110
\textsc{Pykat} is a Python package which extends the popular optical interferometer modelling software \textsc{Finesse}. It provides a more modern and efficient user interface for conducting complex numerical simulations, as well as enabling the use of Python's extensive scientific software ecosystem. In this paper we highlight the relationship between \textsc{Pykat} and \textsc{Finesse}, how it is used, and provide an illustrative example of how it has helped to better understand the characteristics of the current generation of gravitational wave interferometers.